By Marianne Lincoln How much water do you use when you wash your hands? How much when you brush your teeth? Laundry, showers, and flushing the commode all take water too. The average person uses 80 to 100 gallons a day. Multiply that by the houses in your neighborhood and the houses in your community….
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Clover Creek Restoration Alliance May 14
CCRA’s next public meeting scheduled for May 14th at 6 PM with guest speaker Councilwoman Jani Hitchen! The meeting will be held at the Parkland Community Center (Formerly the old Parkland School). This is a hybrid meeting and is hosted by the Parkland-Spanaway Kiwanis to showcase the amenities at the new Parkland Community Center. Date: May 14th, 2025Time: 6 PMLocation:…
Watershed small grants deadline April 30
REMINDER! The Pierce County 2025 Watersheds Small Grants Program application deadline is April 30, 2025. This program funds community projects that improve water quality, restore habitats, and protect the environment. This grant is open to everyone! Nonprofits, schools, teachers, tribes, local governments, and individuals are encouraged to apply for up to $2,500 to start neighborhood cleanups, build…
Is There Enough Water for 48,000 More Residents Moving to Spanaway this Decade?
By Kirk Kirkland and Al Schmauder Will Pierce County be able to meet future demand for clean drinking water required by increasing population and development in the Chambers-Clover watershed? Two years ago, Pierce County altered zoning along Pacific Avenue, 112th Street, Meridian, and 176th Street to allow up to 5 story buildings within one quarter…
Where is Clover Creek?
By Marianne Lincoln Today at the Sustainability Expo in Tacoma, I worked at the table for the Clover Creek Restoration alliance. We were next to the booths for the Nisqually Land Trust. Everyone walking by knew of the Nisqually River, yet they looked puzzled at our banner for Clover Creek. So, I asked everyone who…
South Sound Sustainability Expo April 26
The Clover Creek Restoration Alliance will be having a table at the South Sound Sustainability Expo on Saturday, April 26, 2025. The event takes place at the University of Washington Tacoma Campus on the Prairie Line Trail. The 17th Annual South Sound Sustainability Expo! This free, family-friendly event brings the South Sound community together to celebrate and…
April 19 Flett Creek work party
There is a habitat stewardship event on CPTC’s Flett Property this Saturday, April 19th from 9:00 AM to noon in celebration of Earth Day! The flyer is below with pertinent details and all of the 2025 dates for the remaining habitat stewardship events for CPTC. For this event, we will focus on removal of invasive plant species (focus on scotch broom…
Is the Good Neighbor Village being a good neighbor?
SPANAWAWY CONCERNED CITIZENS — We still have a real chance to stop the “Good Neighbor Village” project—and we are not giving up! Spanaway Concerned Citizens has filed a motion in Thurston County Superior Court, asking the Honorable Judge Carol Murphy to reconsider her recent dismissal of our Land Use Petition Act (“LUPA”) challenge. This motion…
Input sought on Puyallup Watershed Conservation Land Trust
A Community Advisory Team of subject-matter experts has been convened to help implement a community outreach and engagement plan for a community forest project in the Upper Puyallup River Watershed. This project is aimed at creating a community forest that is managed and owned on behalf of local communities in the Upper Puyallup Watershed, to…
Pierce Prairie Post 